Updated on April 27, 2025 

Nationality: Chinese

Working Experience

◆ 2022.8.9 - Present  HAI Robotics. Research Director

“XiaoLongXiao’s father” - Led a small team invented and developed an original AS/RS (Automated Storage and Retrieval System) Robot solution. This new product was released as ”HaiPick Climb”, became HAI Robotics’ strategic new product, very different and competitive with the famous Skypod and Autostore solutions. Solved some tough problems by new solutions. Published many Chinese patents, and 5 PCT patents.

◆ 2017.9.14 - 2022.8.9 MeiTuan, Autonomous Delivery Department. Director / Researcher. L10

Built the Autonomous Delivery Vehicle Mechatronics team, in charge of the development of the autonomous robots &

vehicles. Led team developed the XiaoDai robots and its small mass production, the middle size delivery car NuoCar. Led

team modified and maintained kinds of autonomous vehicle platforms. Led team developed and manufactured the MeiTuan

autonomous delivery vehicle, MoDai 20, more than 500pcs. We also developed active safety control solutions, and mobile

obstacle platforms for AV test, etc. Being the member of group’s Technical Channel and patent review board. Many Chinese

patents, as well as PCT.

◆ 2016.2.22 - 2017.9.13 Tencent, WeChat BG, Pattern Recognition Center. Senior Engineer. T3.3

R&D on robotic platform (on System, ME, EE, FW, Control). Developed two kinds of Desktop robots. Developed a kind

of mobile robot platform System.

◆ 2011.9.19 - 2016.2.19   Lenovo, Research & Technology.  Senior Researcher, Robotic Hardware Team Leader.

R&D on several mobile robots & key technology; developed several prototypes; developed an original variable stiffness actuator system; leading R&D work of hardware team. Many patents.

◆ 2010.9.27 - 2011.9.16  Corporate Technology of Siemens Ltd., China (SLC CT).  Lead Research Scientist.

R&D on Wireless Sensor Network based machinery condition monitoring system.

◆ 2007.8 - 2008.5   ABB (China) Ltd. Shanghai Branch, CNCRC, Robotics Department. Senior Engineer.

Took part in R&D of the industrial robot, ABB IRB 120, I designed its 4th joint. I also worked on patent analysis, and dynamics analysis.

◆ 2006.5 - 2007.7   Shanghai Grandar Robotics Co,.Ltd. Project Manager (and system, mechanical and electrical engineer).

  I researched and developed an autonomous cleaning robot product prototype, by myself, worked as a team. Including mechanical (plastic parts) design, embedded system hardware and firmware development, system integration and test, etc, not including the art design. Designed several key components for some other projects.

Education

◆ 2008.5 - 2010.9.19 Post-Doc Researcher MPI for Dynamics and Self-Organization & Goettingen University,

R&D on new robot and mechatronics system. Put forward a novel concept for building a hyper-redundant chain robot, designed and developed an original prototype system, 3D-Trunk (be reported by German medias). Some vision based autonomous systems were done or ongoing. Developed control programs for a Dual-Arm platform. Put forward DMP based trajectory generator.

◆ 2002.4 - 2006.4   Ph.D Mechatronics Engineering           Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

◆ 1999.9 - 2002.3   M.S. Mechanical Design and Theory   Northeastern University.

                   (Associated with Shenyang Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

◆ 1995.9 - 1999.7   B.S. Mechanical Design and Manufacture   Northeastern University.

 (No. 1, School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Northeastern University)

Scholarships and Awards (Partial)

◆ 2005, “Honeywell” First-class Scholarship.

◆ 2003, First place award in “3rd Huawei Cup Science and Technology Innovation Competition”.

◆ 2003, First place award in “GE Fund Edison Cup Technology Innovation Competition”.

This competition was hold by The Institute of International Education, the China Scholarship Council, and GE Fund.

◆ 2002, “Excellent Master Dissertation of Northeastern University”.

◆ 1994, Liaoning province Second-class award in “Chinese High School Students Physics Competition”.

Research Interest and Achievement

◆ Robotics, Mechatronics, Intelligent Control, Embedded System, Multi-Agent System, etc.

◆ 20 (Journal) Publications (IEEE Trans. Robotics, IEEE/ASME Trans. Mechatronics, ASME Trans, etc).

◆ More than 80 granted Chinese Patents; 10 PCT patents; and many patent disclosures being under review.

Personality, Interests and Abilities

◆ I am a self-motivated robot/mechanical/electrical hobbyist and researcher. I have designed and built various robots, circuits and mechanical prototype systems, since my teens. Some works were awarded in some competitions, patented, and published. I had taken part in many practical projects, and worked on the mechanical design and the control system development. Taking pleasure in practice, and experienced.

◆ I am a very dedicated individual and I put myself into everything I do. I get a lot of satisfaction from a job well done and will stick with any project that I have a strong interest in. Dedicated to producing superior results in any endeavor. Willing to learn, progress, take challenges, and cooperate with colleagues.

◆ Good understanding on mechatronics and robotic/autonomous system. Willing to understand the project’s requirements deeply, and work with skill on mechatronics system-level planning, mechanical design, PCB-level (embedded control system) development and debugging.

Technique Background

◆ Mechanics: Skilled in mechanical design (mechanism and driving train). Can work without example. Completed many projects.

  Software tools: SolidWorks, Pro/E, Auto CAD, MDT, etc.

◆ Electronics & Micro-controller Based System: Skilled in MCS-51, MSP430, AVR, ARM7, ARM Cortex-M3/4, and SUNPLUS-61 micro-controllers, sensors, popular electronic components and chips, some BUS specifications, RTOS (µC/OS-Ⅱand RTX51), CPLD, FPGA, etc. And developed many practical devices based on the listed MCUs, and PC’s USB, serial port, parallel port (in SPP, EPP), ISA, etc. Completed many projects. Some R&D work on Embedded Linux, Computer Vision, ZigBee, and Wireless Sensor Network.

  Software tools: Protel, EWB, and various software related to the mentioned MCUs and CPLD, C, etc.

Publications

> (International) Journal Publications:

[1] Kejun Ning, Florentin Wörgötter. A Novel Concept for Building a Hyper-Redundant Chain Robot. IEEE Transactions on Robotics. 2009, 25(6): 1237-1248.

[2] Kejun Ning, Florentin Wörgötter. Control System Development for a Novel Wire-Driven Hyper-Redundant Chain Robot, 3D-Trunk. IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 2012, 17(5): 949-959.

[3] Kejun Ning, Tomas Kulvicius, Minija Tamosiunaite, Florentin Wörgötter. A Novel Trajectory Generator Based on Dynamic Movement Primitives. Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems, 2012, 68(2): 165-184.

[4] Tomas Kulvicius, Kejun Ning, Minija Tamosiunaite, Florentin Wörgötter. Joining Movement Sequences: Modified Dynamic Movement Primitives for Robotics Applications Exemplified on Handwriting. IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 2012, 28 (1): 145-157.

[5] Eren Erdal Aksoy, Alexey Abramov, Johannes Dörr, Kejun Ning, Babette Dellen, and Florentin Wörgötter. Learning the Semantics of Object-Action Relations by Observation. International Journal of Robotics Research, 2011, 30 (10): 1229-1249.

[6] Kejun Ning, Mingyang Zhao, Jie Liu. A New Wire-Driven Three Degree-of-Freedom Parallel Manipulator. Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, Transactions of the ASME. 2006, 128(3): 816-819.

[7] Kejun Ning, Ruqing Yang. MAS Based Embedded Control System Design Method and a Robot Development Paradigm. Mechatronics, Elsevier. 2006, 16(6): 309-321.

[8] Kejun Ning. Research On Embedded MAS Based Manipulator Control. Industrial Robot: An International Journal. 2006, 33(2): 97-105.

[9 - 16] Chinese Journal publications.

[9] Kejun Ning, Ruqing Yang. A Design of an Autonomous Mobile Robot's Intelligent Navigation Control System. Journal of Shanghai Jiaotong University. 2006, 40(7): 1074-1078. (in Chinese)

[10] Kejun Ning, Ruqing Yang, Xinhua Weng. A Design Method of Multi-Agent Systems (MAS) Based Mechatronic Device's Embedded Control System. Journal of Shanghai Jiaotong University. 2005, 39(12): 2020-2024. (in Chinese)

[11] Kejun Ning, Ruqing Yang. The Manipulator Control by Multi-Agent Based Embedded System. Journal of Shanghai Jiaotong University. 2005, 39(12): 2016-2019. (in Chinese)

[12] Kejun Ning, Ruqing Yang. Study on a General Inverse Displacement Solution of Series Manipulator. Mechanical Science and Technology. 2005, 24(9): 1066-1068, 1099. (in Chinese)

[13] Kejun Ning, Ruqing Yang, Xinhua Weng. The RTX51 Based Firmware Development for an EOD Robot's Embedded Control System. Electronic Technology and Application. 2005, 31(3): 17-20. (in Chinese)

[14] Kejun Ning, Ruqing Yang, Weijun Zhang, Xinhua Weng. Development and Experiment of an Inverse Displacement Solution for Manipulator's Embedded Controller. Robot, 2005, 27(3): 256-260. (in Chinese)

[15] Bo Zhang, Mingyang Zhao, Kejun Ning. Kinematics Analysis of a New Wire Driven Parallel Robot. Robot, 2002, 24(7): 654-657. (in Chinese)

[16] Jie Liu, Kejun Ning, Mingyang Zhao. Model of a New Type Wire Driven Parallel Robot System. Journal of Northeastern University, 2002, 23(10): 988-991. (in Chinese)

> (International) Conference Publications:

[17] Kejun Ning, Tomas Kulvicius, Minija Tamosiunaite, Florentin Wörgötter. Accurate Position and Velocity Control for Trajectories Based on Dynamic Movement Primitives. In Proc. 2011 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2011), Shanghai, pp. 5006-5011.

[18] Tomas Kulvicius, Kejun Ning, Minija Tamosiunaite, Florentin Wörgötter. Modified Dynamic Movement Primitives for Joining Movement Sequences. In Proc. 2011 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2011), Shanghai, pp. 2275-2280.

[19] Kejun Ning, Florentin Wörgötter. To Paint What Is Seen: A System Implementation of a Novel Conceptual Hyper-Redundant Chain Robot With Monocular Vision. ISR/ROBOTIK 2010 (41st International Symposium on Robotics), Munich, pp. 722-727.

[20] Kejun Ning, Florentin Wörgötter. A DOF State Controllable & Driving Shared Solution for Building a Hyper-Redundant Chain Robot. In Proc. 2009 IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2009), St. Louis, pp. 5880-5885.

[More] -- Many research and development reports, for the companies and universities I worked.

Reviewing

I had reviewed 13 articles for the following International Journals and Conference:

[1] IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics.

[2] Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, Transactions of the ASME.

[3] Industrial Robot: An International Journal.

[4] ICRA 2010.

Patents

[1] Kejun Ning. Unmanned vehicle chassis and unmanned vehicle. United States Patent, Appl. No.:16/961,254, US20210061382.

[2] Kejun Ning. Information processing method and electronic device. United States Patent, US9329636. Granted.

[3] Kejun Ning. UNMANNED VEHICLE CHASSIS AND UNMANNED VEHICLE. PCT/CN2018/120688, WO2019137140.

[4] 宁柯军. 摄像头模组和无人车. 国际申请号: PCT/CN2021/128462.

[5] 宁柯军. 车载视觉采集模组及其清洁装置、无人车. 国际申请号: PCT/CN2021/142084.

[6] 宁柯军，黄鸿淇，徐圣东. 机械手指的控制方法、装置、系统、设备. 国际申请号: PCT/CN2023/136847.

[7] 宁柯军，高鹏，徐圣东，王朋辉， 陈宇奇. 搬运机器人、货架、仓储系统及对接方法. 国际申请号:PCT/CN2024/094808.

[8] 宁柯军，徐圣东，陈宇奇. 搬运机器人、控制方法及仓储系统. 国际申请号: PCT/CN2024/129785.

[9] 宁柯军. 防坠落装置、搬运机器人、防坠落方法、设备及存储介质. 国际申请号: PCT/CN2024/132404.

[10] 高鹏，宁柯军. 取放货装置、机器人及取放货方法. 国际申请号: PCT/CN2024/135070.

[11] ~ [~80] Chinese patents granted.

Theses

[1] Ph.D Thesis: Design Method and Application Research on MAS-Based Embedded Control System of Robot. Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 2006.

[2] M.S. Thesis: Research and Develop of a New Type Wire Driven Parallel Robot System. Northeastern University, 2002.

[3] B.S. Thesis: HN-2Z Robot Manipulator. Northeastern University, 1999.

References

References will be provided upon request.

Appendix

More detailed information can be found in the following complementary documents.

1. "Partial Works of Dr. Kejun Ning"

2. “Biography of Kejun Ning" (A long PPT).

Interesting Links

HaiPick Climb: Simplifying Warehouse Automation with the Revolutionary HaiClimber Robot

https://youtu.be/Q8UaCWFojhc